2019-2020 Faculty Exam & Grading Guide

EXAMINATION PREPARATION

Take Home Exams, Papers & Projects To avoid any confusion please ask students to submit their anonymous take home exams, papers or projects to the Office of Academic Services and NOT “The Registrar’s Office”. Students may submit their take-home examinations in person (120 Tremont Street, Suite 130) or electronically via Exam Connect (please see page 5). Faculty members choosing to test students via take-home examinations, papers, and projects need to contact the Office of Academic Services in advance regarding the standards of protocol. The Office of Academic Services will only disseminate and collect take-home exams, papers and projects that require anonymity and exam numbers . Those that will be submitted with a student’s name must be disseminated and subsequently collected by individual Faculty Assistants in their offices. Faculty are asked to submit typed instructions one week prior to the end of the semester to the Assistant Dean for Academic Services. Sample questions that have been raised in the past regarding take-home examinations include: 1. With whom can students speak or consult with during a take-home examination? 2. Can students speak to a lawyer-relative? 3. Is consultation considered research? Without a written statement of rules, confusion will surely arise. Examination violations are far more difficult to determine after the fact without a written statement of rules. • State clearly the conditions for take-home exams or questions that students receive in advance of the examination date. (Providing a copy of the instructions is strongly recommended) • Instructions for take-home examinations should include the date and time when a student can pick up the examination from the Office of Academic Services or from a faculty assistant, and the date and time that the student must return the examination. Please confirm hours of operation during the examination period with OAS prior to providing this information to your students. • If a faculty member requires a paper or project, the faculty member must notify the Assistant Dean for Academic Services of the date and time that the paper or project is due. Extension Requests for Papers, Projects and Take-Home Exams Students are expected to plan for the due dates of papers, projects and take-home exams. If a student experiences an unforeseeable, extraordinary personal matter or emergency situation which presents an unavoidable conflict with the deadline for a paper, project or take-home, the student should contact the Dean of Students Office for assistance (unless the student is sure that the professor is accepting the paper, project or take-home non-anonymously , in which case the student should contact the professor for assistance). Examples of an unforeseeable, extraordinary personal or emergency situation include an issue relating to the health of the student, or close family member, or death of a family member. Documentation is required. More information regarding extensions beyond the end of the semester, including the limitation on enrolling in classes with Incompletes or Exam Excusals from a previous semester, may be found in the Law School’s Rules and Regulations II.J: Academic Standards; Extensions Beyond the End of the Semester.

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